Le Mans–Angers railway

Le Mans–Angers railway

Map of the line
Overview
System SNCF
Status Operational
Locale France (Pays de la Loire)
Termini Le Mans
Angers
Operation
Opening 1863
Owner RFF
Operator(s) SNCF
Technical
Line length 132 km (82 mi)
No. of tracks Double track[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz[2]
Route map
Legend
Line from Paris
210.045 Line to Tours
210.541
210.980 Le Mans
Line to Rennes and Caen
212.375 Racc. de la Plumasserie
213.400
214.171
Ceinture du Mans
219.239 Saint-Georges-Étival
223.068 Voivres
229.411 La Suze
229.411 to La Flèche
239.338 Noyen
247.193 Avoise
256.800 from futur HSL BPL
258.030 from La Flèche
258.933 Sablé-sur-Sarthe
260.143 to Châteaubriant via Segré
267.344 Pincé-Précigné
273.188 Morannes
279.319 Le Porage
283.197 Étriché-Châteauneuf
287.672 Tiercé
292.680 Le Vieux-Briollay
296.516 Saint-Sylvain-Briollay
301.384 Écouflant
301.761
to Segré
Angers Saint-Serge
Line from Tours
305.574 Line from Loudun
305.822 Angers-Maître-École
306.257
341.526
342.950 Angers-Saint-Laud
Line to Nantes

The railway from Le Mans to Angers is an important French 132-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in 2 stages in 1863.[3]

Traffic

Main stations

Line history

The section between Le Mans and Sablé (48 km) was opened in March 1863

References

  1. RFF - Map of all railway lines PDF
  2. RFF - Map of electrified railway lines PDF
  3. Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869 (in French). ?: Ministère des Travaux Publics. p. ?-?.